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Friends of Cancer Research

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Research works
38
▲ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
715
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Friends of Cancer Research is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.90× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 9.51× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.29× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.36× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Friends of Cancer Research?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Clinical Trials, Quality of Life, Targeted Therapy, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Ethical Issues, Genomic Instability and Cancer Genomics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Clinical Trials6▲ 28×7 topics
  2. Quality of Life4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  3. Targeted Therapy4▲ 54×3 topics
  4. Cost-effectiveness Analysis4▲ 127×1 topic
  5. Health Utility Measures4▲ 127×1 topic
  6. Ethical Issues3▲ 77×2 topics
  7. Genomic Instability3▲ 57×2 topics
  8. Cancer Genomics3▲ 132×1 topic
  9. Mutational Signatures3▲ 132×1 topic
  10. Biomarkers2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  11. Regulatory Challenges2▲ 78×1 topic
  12. Stem Cell Regulation2▲ 267×1 topic
  13. Cost of Care2▲ 307×1 topic
  14. Financial Toxicity2▲ 307×1 topic
  15. Bayesian Methods2▲ 87×2 topics
  16. Adaptive Designs2▲ 203×1 topic
  17. False Discovery Rate2▲ 203×1 topic
  18. ALK Inhibitors2▲ 75×1 topic
  19. EGFR Mutations2▲ 75×1 topic
  20. Informed Consent2▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Pharmaceutical Industry2▲ 102×2 topics
  22. Public Health2▲ 3.2×4 topics
  23. Research Participation2▲ 188×1 topic
  24. Drug Development2▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Chemotherapy1▲ 5.2×7 topics
  26. Drug Development Costs1▲ 140×1 topic
  27. Generic Drugs1▲ 140×1 topic
  28. Radiotherapy1▲ 9.3×4 topics
  29. Immunotherapy1▲ 5.0×8 topics
  30. Mortality Rates1▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Precision Medicine1▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Tumor Microenvironment1▲ 9.0×3 topics
  33. Breast Cancer Screening1▲ 73×1 topic
  34. Cancer Incidence1▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Global Surveillance1▲ 73×1 topic
  36. Population-Based Study1▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Agenda Setting1▲ 85×1 topic
  38. Immune Checkpoint Blockade1▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Media Framing1▲ 85×1 topic
  40. PD-1 and PD-L11▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Friends of Cancer Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation.

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Resea…1Ethics in Clinical Research: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 0 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsStatistics and ProbabilityCancer ResearchPhysiology5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 1 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  4. 4 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 1 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 0 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available46.1%not open53.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Friends of Cancer Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 95% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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